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'f nlS issue brings a new to British bow- I ling's premier magazine in the fifth year OUR FRONT COYER of existence of British .- Readers will Another first-and our thanks to note (at least we sincerely hope sol) the alto- AMF for this exciting introduction to bowling with " TENPIN." lt's new ! gether wider range of coverage and improved A colourful innovation-first time by presentation any tenpin publication in Europe, ; from the first full-colour cover yet to grace any European bowling magazine, APRIL, 1964 VOL, 3 NO, 4 to especially written articles by people who are undoubtedly famous names in British bowling. With this issue also come several other new features which we are confident will capture the COIITENTS lasting interest and attention of readers every- many years' Page where. An expert of experience in the field now tells readers how to ' bow! with Bill Campbell in Japan and the stars.' For women comes a regular new Australia 2 feature which will be under the personal super- We Meet the Kingpins 5 vision of a staff writer who was formelly one of this country's leading fashion journalists. Learned in the Lanes 7 The re-styling of " TENPIN " has inevitably B.T.B.A. Conference Propo- meant the disappearance of some features, but sals I it is hoped that our ' News Review' presentation Your pen to Paper 12 will lead to a more comprehensive coverage o{ British bowling than has hitherto been possible. Bowl With the Stars 15 We cordially invite all our readers - bowl Mainly for Women 22 managers, league secretaries, and men and women bowlers study new format, News Review 25 to our with an eye to sending- us items of interest for AMF Tenpin Tips 32 future publication. Remember people Want to know what is happening to 'tenpin people.' They'll be interested in the progress of junior players ; of the major leagues ; local tourna- ments I in news about organised tours, and in EDITOR: JOHN MOYES all the things that go to make up bowling. ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER: JOHN B. ROBINSON Your help in sending us news of such matters can ensure that your own magazine serves you COMMERCIAL MANAGER: A. PERNET to the best possible advantage,

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B()WLING IN JAPAN AN D AUSTRALIA

A FTER growing up with bowling in the United States, setting organisation which will help these widespread local organisations ^ pins as a school boy, bowling in leagues on and off for ten to standardise their requirements, rules and regulations. years, then coming to to be closely associated with the development of bowling in Britain, it was most relreshing for me to be able to travel to .Japan and Australia to see how these 74 LAilES people are taking to the game. The tenpin bowling centres in Japan are among the nicest I One thing is certain, and that is that Japan and the Japanese have seen anywhere in the world, ln fact, the 74 lane Meguro people have certainly " taken " to the game. There are now over Park Lanes in Tokyo is an experience in itself. Mr. Tokoro, '1,000 lanes installed in various Iocations amongst the g8 million owner of the establishment has spared no expense in decorating people who live on the three main islands of Japan and the his three-level centre to a degree that would impress royalty. potential certainly leads me to believe that the Japanese will He has paintings on the walls which are valued at hundreds ol soon be major contenders for world bowling titles. thousands of pounds. Plush show-rooms, shops, (you can buy . I visited 14 AMF-equipped establishments in Japan where anything from a high fidelity stereo sound studio to a cup of tea) bowling experience ranged between one month and eighteen first-class restaurant and snack bars. The result, in his case, months. I watched bowlers who, after only six month's exper- is that he has a waiting list for lanes all day, every day of the week. ience, do approaches that were smooth as their lamous bilk. This makes it obvious that bowling, in the right atmosphere, is Whether this is due to superior instruction or whether it is that certainly popular with the Japanese people in his area of Tokyo. the Japanese people tend to adapt to bowling more quickly than To sum up on a three week whirlwind tour of Japanese other people is a matter for debate. However, I would v6nture bowling centres, one word would certainly suffice: Astounding ! thls opinion : on the whole, the Japanese player tends to take On top of all this, with the Olympic Games coming up in OctobCr, his game far more seriously and studiously than the average 1964, lwould certainly recommend ,Japan as the site for a long B.ritish player. The women who bowl wear Western-style range holiday, whether you bowl or not. clothing, for the most part, and seem to have a very good " ey6," The leagues in Japan bowl by rules based on those of the pick-ing up spares with startling regularity. All this may sound American Bowling Congress and form very quickly, which is a as if we would expect world championship calibre play fiom the sign that the Japanese people enjoy competition in the game. rJapanese in a very short time, say three years. This I would say Averages seem to run about the same as in Britain, with the is not a possibility, but a probability. exception of the hard core of very enthusiastic players, They . O_ne thing I am most proud of aboutthe development of bowling have progressed up to " solid " 187 averages quite iapidly. ln Britain as compared to Japan. The British'Tenpin Bowling There are now about 40 bowling centres in Japan hnd new Association is the largest outside the United States now aftiliated centres are opening every week at a minimum, So you can look with the FlQ. ln Japan there are many small bowlers' organisa- for some really keen competition from Japan in the future. As a tions and I am sure that, with the help bf everyone in the dowling matter of fact, I lost a match to a teenage Japanese with one " fraternity " in Japan, Japan will sdon have-a national players: year's bowling experience when he scored 627 for three games,

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I won't mention my scorel), The lane conditions are a little lanes maintenance. Although I didn't roll a ball in Australia, drier than we are accustomed to in Britain, but most of the I did notice that the players who rolled a strong werefinding proprietors are running to apply their conditioner so as to create consistent conditions from lane to lane. The proprietors all a " faster " Iane now. seem very keen on producing high scores from their bowlers. This can be attested to by the fact that Australia has already had TO AUSTRALIA its first sanctioned 300 game. That was bowled by Jori Velo, whom you will remember visited us here in Britain last year. | flew to Sydney, Australia and stayed in that fair country for one week. Such enthusiasm for a game is rarely to be seen anywhere. The Australian Tenpin Bowling Congress now has TEST SERIES 25,000 members and is growing each year. The first automatic The Australian bowler seems to enjoy playing for two reasons : bowling centre in Australia was opened for the public in the the first is to better his own skill and defeat his fellow Australians. Autumn of 1960. Sydney now has a tremendous number of And the second (please note) is to one day be able to play a bowling centres, all of which look a great deal like the typical British team and beat the dickens out of them. Now, being a ,American style centre, They are very nicely laid out and have visiting American, perhaps the Australian bowlers felt that I snack bars but no club bars. would carry the message back to Britain and help to bring about Since myvisitoccured atthetime ol"Summer" in the Southern the day when a true " test " series might take place between hemisphere the bowling centres tended to be fairly quiet in the Australia and Britain. I told my Australian friends about the day time, although many tournaments were being held which tremendous scores being racked up by British bowlers here, were well supported by the regular league bowlers, but they didn't even flinch. They merely restated the fact that The beaches have a great attraction for any person who likes they were confident that they could handle the best British team out-door recreation and one can understand why day-time put forward on any pair of lanes, whether in Britain or Australia, bowling aclivities are not as active in Australia in the Summer as I am neutral, of course, in this controversy and would only in theWinter. The standard ol bowling is very high, as is the standard of Please turn to page 20 boaslrrfi ns ${P

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WE MEET THE KINGPINS AN March 1st I paid a visit to the Excel Bowl, Doncaster, to programmer and it is confidently anticipated that he will speedily V cover the big Nbrthern news story of the month the playing become the statistician Jor " The Kingpins." debut of " The Kingpins," that consortium of ten- ace North Doug Worsley, aged 34, and with an average of 175, needs country keglers, whiCh is being fully sponsored teamwise by little or no introduction to readers of this magazine' Doug, who Kingpin Products, Ltd. is a greeting card representative, has been an outstanding The team, which is captained by Dave Johnson, 34-year-old performer in many tenpin events, representative for a drawing office equipment supplier, is an The manager of the team is Arnold Bowman, promotions adroit mixture of up-and-coming young bowlers, well seasoned executive, Excel Bowling, Ltd. players. Summing up the team's attitude to its playing future Dave with a sprinkling-has of experienced been rolling for twelve months and now has Johnson told me : " Our main ambition will be to foster the Dave himself 'Recently an average of 165. he beat Lee Kates (" . . ' I admit it spirit of friendship in bowling everywhere. We'd rather, for was rn a lbw-scoring series," he says) after winning a tournament example, have a happy team which builds up a good reputation which earned him the right to play Lee. This six-Jeet two-inch {or si:ortsmanship, than a winning team. Bgt, of course, we f ou rteen-stoner is a former amateu r f ootballer and cricketer whose shall do our best to win all our matches." He added that his ambition now is to become , a really proficient bowler" The team will be delighted to accept challenges from any similarly other members of the team are" : fully-sponsored team. Albert Leonard, 29, who has his own mobile greengrocery Already " The Kingpins " have one or two distinctions to their business. He rolls in seven leagues a week and has an average credit. The 'Kingpin' team which rolls in the National Ovaltine oI 177. Of his tournament play he modestly says : " I'm hope- League at the To[ Rank Bowl, OIdham, holdlthe league high less, I've never won anything." game-a 925; and the high series, 2688. The independent Stan Brown, a 177 average player, aged 31, who is a driver high series is held by Keith Randall -586, and this player also for the British Oxygen Company. Stan, o{ course, was a member holds the high average, a 175. of the British team which went to Mexico City last year' The " Kingpin Twb," rolling in the Senior Service Scratch Roy Smith, 21, a very keen young player who is currently Doubles League at OId Trafford, which features all the leading rolling a useful 170. bowlers in the Manchester area, are Albert Leonard and Stan Keith Randall is 30. He is a representative for a refrigeration Brown. This pair recently broke the existing two-person, three- company, and has an average of 173. Keith was a centre winner game B.T.B..A.fiscal record of 1164, by rolling 1170-Leonard619 in the sCratch division of the John Davis Tournament, and also a and Brown 55'1. All but one of the ten " Kingpins'have rolled a centre winner in the scratch division of the " Tenpin " Coca- 600-plus series, and they have each notched a game of 200 or over' Cola competition. - For their debut matches the ' A'and ' B 'teams of " The King- Neville' Feldman, is 30 years of age and has an average of pins " played the Excel Bowl, Doncaster, ' A' and ' B' represen- 165. He is a hairdresser by profession and was a 1963 finalist in iative tbarirs in the Yorkshire Supreme League. lt was evidently the Top Rank-Brylcreem Tournament. not the day for " The Kingpins " since the Doncaster boys took Cesire Cavaiza,23, has an average of 160. He is currently both matches by 2-1. training to become a iournalist on the stafr of a well-known However, as Dave Johnson says "...,, we're more keen on Italian magazine. building up good fellowshipl" Roger I'lorman is lT years old and is employed by l.C.l. My own view, having seen " The Kingpins " in action, is that Chemicals. He has only just left school and, with an average of the power of Worsley, Leonard and Brown plus a little more 162, is rated to be a very promising player. playing experience will turn them into a really formidable com- Rod Dyson, 24, has an average of 155. Rod is a computer bination, capable of taking on the country's best. more fun per second!

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THE NO. I NAME IN BOWLING B Dave went one better. Taking a couple 1st Frame of the youngters up to the foul line he showed them how to roll a ball across A S this issue went to press I learned their leg in the direction of the pins and A that there were s6veral hundred in no time at all some very happy kids entrants for the Express Dairy 'Vitality were listening to themselves toppling (housewives - Fortnight' beginners' only) tenpins. Nice work, Dave ! bowling tournament, which is being organised by Tenpin Publications. Results and a report of the final will appear in the mid-April issue ol the pink edition of the " Tenpin Bowling Pictorial." A particu- 5th Frame larly satisfactory tally of entrants was received by the Wembley Stadium Bowl. fHlS snippet of information can hardly No wonder! Some time before the com- I be said to have been learned in the petition kicked off manager Ralph Miller Ianes. lt concerns the result of a recent invited the manageresses of the twelve race at the South Shields Greyhound Express Dairy shops in theWembley area Stadium, when the winner was a dog called down to the Bowl's Starlight Restaurant Brunswick and the animal in second spot for dinner. After this they had a go. was named Tenpin. Brunswick is owned Full marks for a good promotion move, by Mrs. W. Peacock and Mr. W. Tilson, Ralph. joint winners o{ the first family tournament LEARIVS i at the Dog's Bowl last September. Ten- pin races in the colours of David Brewis ; who was winner of a Christmas event at 2nd Frame the Bowl. Which only goes to show that IN THE good bowling can pay oft, even i{ the TALKINGI ol Wembley, this Bowl's manner of the come-back is somewhat Whitsun tournament has been adver- u nexpected, LANES tised in both " Tenpin " Magazine and " The Tenpin Bowling Pictorial." Although designated as B.T.B.A. sanctioned I now learn that this not the case due entirely 6th Frame to that necessary Association- rule which been out and ordered a brand new Mini- restricts the proximity of one tournament pOSTMAN to another. Whit Saturday will be virtually I Albert Tuffrey recently sent Cooper. I a ' private day ' at the Stadium Bowl since off a challenge for a results by mail Which is some consolation lor losing an the centre is closed until 8 p.m. due to the bowling competition to a team of three important match ! fact that the Stadium itself is the venue for postmen in the Missouri river town of the Gaelic Games that day. I understand, Florissant in the U.S.A. He reluctantly l'm half lrish, myself. All lineage fees for explained that he and his two postmen this " Whitwembley " affair will be devoted colleagues had no bowling centre in their 8th Frame I to advertising and prize money. home town o{ Maidstone and would have to travel to Chatham to play out their match. To Albert Tuffrey's surprise, he A T Streatham I spent an evening I H read a letter from the local Florrissant recently watching the players of thE 5rd Frame newspaper to the Kent Messenger in Rank Organisation Headquarters Bowling Maidstone recommending them to push League in action. Quite amazing good I was sitting next to Joe Kilian recently for a bowling centre in the town and fellowship was the keynote, Practically I when June Jackson bowled a triple-five praising the as the most wholesome every department is represented in the series. ln applauding the Hove player modern recreation. Little did the three Ieague - Dancing, Films, Rank Xerox, Joe came out with : " That's a fine State Maidstone postmen realise that they had Motorways, Screen Processes and, of Exp ress ! course, the Bowling Division. From this I " sent their challenge to the very heart of Got it? America's greatest bowling state. " Past, latter quarter come the " Victorians," present, and future bowling champions captained by Freddie Taylor, who told me reside in Florrissant " says the Florrissant that the team's shirt emblem is the Chur- Valley Reporter, " and a full half oJ our chill V-Sign and bun penny rampant. 4th Frame Terry Wright's outfit " The Belgravians" Florrissant residents bowl at least once a - week." consists of himself, Rodger Brentnall lN the North of England, during the past -and *tat 'old stalwart, Ken Andrews. t month, lwas told a rather touching Their emblem is a coronet. story by Dave Johnson, captain of the Terry has a novel personal gimmick. newly-formed team " The Kingpins," His is bright yellow. " l which should shortly be operating in a big 7th Frame picked this colour because it is so easy way on the Northern circuit. Dave related to find at the ball return," he said. He qATURDAY that he was recently instructing at the Old v March 7th saw me at the added he felt women might be more eager Trafford, Top Rank bowl, when - one Top Rank Bowl, Golders Green, for to play if the balls came in pastel shades. i afternoon - it was invaded by a party of the telecast of the quarter finals of the Which is a point. I blind children from a Manchester School. T.V. housewives' tournament. A game Saidtheteacherto Dave : " Doyou mind. loser was the Dagenham player Pip Care, I They've heard a lot about bowling and but her husband John sugared the pill for they'd like to listen." ' her in the very nicest way. lmmediately 9th Frame i after her defeat he told her that he had lT was one for the Mayor when the new I I Excel centre opened in Nottingham on I March 2nd. I watched the Lord Mayor of this pleasant city roll the Golden Ball to Seen here (1. to r.) are n' inaugurate the Centre. From his stance I the Belgravians" - left to i as he walked up to the foul line I felt that right - KEN ANDREWS, he must be a green bowler. lt ultimately TERENCE WRIGHT (cap- turned out that he was and his experience I tain) and RODGER on the swards really seems to have stood I BRENTNALL - see frame 8 him in good stead. With a really nifty follow-through the Lord Mayor put down a i beauty, which promptly toppled allten pins I Please turn to Page 24 bowling like ducks to water. All the managers concerned came to the same conclusion : The British housewife really enjoys her bowling once she's got the hang o{ it. " Why didn't I know about this before?" I didn't know what THE I had been missingl" These were the words-" that were on every woman's lips after the first half hour in the lanes while the pins were falling and the balls were rolling down the lanes. F IRST NEVER MIND PRIZES " Never mind the prizes " said Mrs. Elisabeth Jones of Holy- rood Gardens, Edgeware, I have discovered bowling this after- noon and Jound a sport to last a lifetime." " I didn't do too bad though, did l?" she continued afterscoring 120. Little did she TASTE realise that any woman with a year's bowling experience would be proud to have an average at that figure. Ralph Miller, the cheerful and conscientious manager of the Wembley Stadium Bowl had everything most carefully prepared for the housewives who had promised to bowl. Eight instructors in white slacks and yellow bowling shirts were on parade to teach TELLS the beginners the basic points of the game. But one thing Ralph had neither catered for or even anticipated. Children! Twenty- PEGINNERS'D luck was everywhere in evidence when house- four children came along with their mothers and had to be enter- wives, who had never rolled a ball down the lanes before, tained while the ladies got down to competing for those groceries. descended on eight London area bowling centres during the There is no children's nursery or playpen atthe centre and Ralph go week commencing March 16th to have a at winning the Express had to mobilise a team of attendants to cope with the kids. Dairy ' beginners only' tournament. The winning housewife " l've taken the hint " said Ralph, " and l'm installing playpens will receive more than a hundred pounds worth of groceries - S2 and bringing in toys in time for the second stage of the com- worth every week for a year. petition nexi week. He needed too as well for every housewife The competitors played out their preliminary rounds after a and mother paid up 2s.6d, there and then to ensure anothdrrgo solid session of professional coaching. Top Rank at on the lanes seven days later. Southall, Golders Green, Streatham and ABC centres at Stam- And what an assortment of women there were too. Newly ford Hill, Bexleyheath, and Acton opened their doors to eager weds with slacks and sweaters over sylphlike figures, mothers of housewives who wanted their first taste ol the sport. Wembley young families, buxom matrons with their broods, and grand- Stadium Bowl saw the first onslaught on March 16 and the Hemel mothers too. Bowling caters for women of all classes and all Hempstead Bowl opened their housewives 'have a go day'three ages and how wonderfully well they mixed as they sat waiting for days later on the 19th. their turn to bowl, The final will be played out at ABC Bowl, Acton on April 7th The spectators' seats were filled by husbands encouraging and the presentation will be made at a special Express Dairy their wives no doubt in the hope of cutting down their house- tournament dinner the same evening at the Wembley Stadium keeping costs- by a windfall of groceries. centre. At every one of the eight centres the story was the same. Housewives took to their baptism into the art and sport of tenpin FI]IE EDGE The competition put a fine edge on the afternoon atthe Wembley Stadium and the instruitors had eager and willing pupils who lined up in the lanes and went through the first 'do's' and ' don'ts ' ol the game. It's always a joy to watch an experienced bowler turn round a{ter a strike. There is a sort ol well earned satislaction that even the great experts can't hide. But the look of sheer joy on the face oJ a novice who has despatched ten pins in one roll is something not to be missed. The inslruction at the centres lasted half an hour before the balls began to roll. Women were taught how to stand with the ball in both hands before making the approach. How to hold the ball, cope with the back swing while co-ordinating the feet, and how to follow through after release. The fact that so many were beginning together took away that self consciousness that so many novices inevitably feel when beginning in the company of experienced bowlers. And how quickly they learned to score and Cope with the spares. The competition has proved beyond doubt that only one thing can fill the bowls with housewives in the afternoon a free taste of the game and a chance to exper- ience the delights- of the sport. " There is moreto itthan is atfirstapparent " said Mrs. Hooper of Elmcroft Gardens, Kingsbury, as she faced the problems of a for the very first time. Yet she showed abundant common sense. " I won't try for both," she said, " because I probably wouldn't hit either." lnstead she settled lor the right hand pin and knocked if {air and square. She also scored 120 in her first ever try. " I've really loved it " she told Manager Ralph Miller as she reluctantly left the centre to rush home to cope with the family supper. Coming again? " Yes, rather, I can see that I'll be a regular addict in no time at alll" Other comments from enthusiastic beginners at Stamford Hill " l'm going to take up bowling. lt's been real fun. I'll bring -my husband along. This is something all the family can enjoy together " said Mrs. Salsby of Dorchester Avenue, Edmonton. Mrs. Hodes of Laburnum Road, N.'16 was equally enthusiastic. " My daughter has had a go in the competition at Golders Green. Weill compare notes. I expect she has enjoyed hersell as much as me and we'll take up bowling as a family." Mrs. Green of Overton Avenue, E.5 was happily waving a tea caddy at the Stamford Hill bowl which she had won with a first ball strike. " lt's been a great afternoon. l've really enjoyed it and will certainly come again." B.T.B.A. COIIFEBEilCE AMENDMENT NO.1 PRESENT RULE. Article 3, Section 1, Paragraph 5, BTBA Constitution. "Should an individual issued an unattached mem- bership in accordance with the loregoing PBAPO$AI,$ join a league bowling in another associa- tion, he shall immediately lose his un- attached membership privileges in the association through which such member- Meeting and we feel that the President shio was issued." should be given grdater freedom to select both the place and time which he feels will PROPOSAL. Delete this paragraph in be most suitable for the delegates, Proposed its entirety. by : R, Barnett, BTBA Council.

R EASON FOR PROPOSAL. ln this country Five AMENDMENT NO. 4. unattached members do not have privileges" This paragraph is therefore unnecessary PRESENT RULE. Article 6, Section 4, and could lead to confusion, Proposed by ; Paragraph 2, Mandatory Constitution for M, Glazer, General SecretarY BTBA. Area Associations. " ll the Association fails to act, or any irregularities are reported to the BTBA, AMENDMENT NO. 2, Juniors the President of the BTBA shall appoint a PRESENT RULE. Article, 4 Section 1' committee of five, emanating from the BTBA Constitution, " The annual dues BTBA Council to conduct a hearing within shall be uniform throughout each area the Association and, after a review of the association's iurisdiction." facts, make a report and recommendation to the General Secretary, BTBA for action PROPOSAL. Remove the full stoP, re- by his office or reference to the BTBA place with a comma and add ihe following Legal Committee for a decision." Except that an Area association may -'at its option provide in its bye laws to PROPOSAL. Delete the words " of five " either waive or determine its own local in this paragraph. dues for junior members! A junior being classified as an individual REASON FOR PROPOSAL, The President who has not reached the age o{ '16 (sixteen) of the BTBA should have more freedom in by the 31st July of the preceding season. determining the number of ntembers of the Executive Board of Directors required for REASON FOR PROPOSAL lt is hishlY such investigation, desirable to encourage membership in the ln the interest of economy a committee of association at lower cost to iuniors, As not more than three shoulrl be able to handle far as the BTBA itself is concerned it would a hearing adequately, Actually, a committee be uneconomical at this stage to set up an of three would frequently be able to conduct entirely separate Nogramme for iuniors on a hearing more efiiciently than a larger com- a limited service basrs, mittee which would seem unduly formal. After investigation it was found that the Proposed by R. Barnett, Legal Committee, by Area Assoc- proportion'iations of dues expended on juniors was negligible, and as each Area Association has the ability tb Vialations AMENDMENT NO. 5, raise any purposes needed it was funds for PRESENT 7, Section 3-'l . BTBA had RULE. Article felt that until such time as the Mandatory Jor Area Assoc- where could Constitution grown to such proportions it iations of the BTBA. juniors directly then the offer to subsidrse " He will keep for the permanent record an be given to the Area Associa' option should account o{ the proceedings of all meetings by : tion to reduce its local dues, Proposed of the.Board and Executive Committee H. King, BTBA Council. which shall at all times be avallable to and A.G,M, the property of the Association." AMENDMENT NO, 3. PROPOSAL. Remove the stop at the Section 4, PRESENT RULE. Article 5, end oJ the sentence, replace with a comma, " Delegates BTBA Constitution. -the and add the following :-' and he will file a chief legislative body o{ the BTB,A' is the copy of the minutes of all meetings of the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the delegates Executive Committee with the after Board and convened each year on the Sunday General Secretary o{ the BTBA.' the ooenino of the annual tournament in that dlace ielected by the BTBA on the FOR PROPOSAL ln the it the REASON Past recorimendation of the Council for has been felt that it should be left lo the meeting to be called to order by the Presi- discretion of the Area Secretary to forward daY." dent at 10.00 a.m. on that a copy of such minutes to Office. ln practice been paragraph Jhose cases where this has PROPOSAL. Delete this in carried out we have become aware of its entirety'legislative and replace with Delegates, Constitution -' is instances of violation of the the chief body oJ the BTBA unwittingly condoned by the Meeting of the dele- and Rules the Annual-General Area Executive Committee through lack of qates convened each year during the time Tournament experience, 6f the Annual.Championships In instancesthe Area Associations determined by almostall at a place and time to be relv on the BTBA for guidance and this the President.' amendment should prove invaluable in being made. Extreme diffi- order to prevent drastic errors REASON FOR PROPOSAL. by T, Black, BTBA Awards culty has already been encountered in Proposed : obtiining sites for the Annual General Committee, AMENDMENT NO. 6, REASON FOR PROPOSAL. Spell out the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 PRESENT RULE. As found in all docu- present centre of gravity tolerances for non- ments. wood (synthetic) pins. Clearly define a percentage of weight distri- PROPOSAL. Delete all references to bution for nonwood pins by separate three '5 man teams, 3 man teams, 2 man teams (3) inch segments. The need for specifying etc.' and replace with '5 person teams ' distribution of weight or rnass was unneces- throughout, sary previously because of the very nature of the wood pin and lor core. Before the REASON FOR PROPOSAL, Some con- advent of man-made materials and lor fusion has arisen in the past wherein women hollow pins, compliance with the centre of and juniors have received the impression gravity, height and diameter measurements that they are excluded from participation in dictated a percentage ratio of weight or /nass such events. Proposed by : Mrs, Gontarz, distribution in any given pin. However, it C hai rman Nom in ati ng Com m ittee. rs necessary to set up specifications for distribution of weight in nonwood pins to AMENDMENT NO. 7. make sure the synthetics maintain weight PRESENT RULE. Specifi- and balance characteristics comparable lo cations, Section titled " Weight." Page 6, the standard maple pin, BTB,A Equipment Specification Manual. Fair and practical limitations on the side to " Weight : Each pin must weigh not less side balance also are necessary to guard than two pounds, fourteen ounces (three imbalance through poor workmanship or pounds, two ounces for plastic coated improper design. Since the production of pins) nor more than three pounds, ten nonwood pins can be closely controlled, ounces. The pinsshall notvary morethan the near perfectly balanced pin must be our four ounces in each set." goal in order to further standardize the equipment for the game, Proposed by : REASON FOR PROPOSAL. Delete the R, Barnett, Chairman, New Equipments present paragraph and substitute the Committee. following : Pin Weight PROPOSAL, Delete the present para- AMENDMENT NO, 9. graph and substitute the following : PRESENT RULE. Weight and size BTBA /Vof /ess Not more ball specification, page 10 Equipment Weight than than Specification Manual. Standard wood " Bowling balls shall not have a circum- pin 2 lbs 14oz 3 lbs 10oz Penalties ference of more than 27 inches, nor shall Plastic coated they be more than 16 nor less than 10 (wood core) 3 lbs 2oz 3 lbs 10oz pounds in weight. The diameter ol any Nonwood (syn- ball must be constant." thetic) 3 lbs 4oz 3 lbs 6oz The standard all wood and plastic coated PROPOSAL. Remove the words '10 pin shall not vary more than four (4) pounds in weight' and replace with '8 ounces in each set. Pins in each set pounds in weight.' must be uniform in appearance including construction, materials, finish, lavels and REASON FOR PROPOSAL. Bowling balls neck markings for sanctioned competition, which conform to BTBA specification in all reasonable wear excepted, respecfs other than weight have now appeared on the market and are designed REASON FOR PROPOSAL. t. To spell for the use of juniors and ladies. lt is felt out minimum and maximum pin weight that no unfair advantage would be gained range for all pins. by the use of such lightweight ball and 2. ln the nonwood (synthetic) a limited encouragement should be given to juniors weight range is proposed in an effort to and ladies who, at the moment, find the 10 establish standard weight for this type of pound ball too heavy for comfort, Proposed pin since the synthetic pins are " man- by : R, Barnett, Chairman, New Equip- made" weights and are not subject to the ments Committee. vagaries of nature, 3, This should be a further standardization of bowling equipment, Proposed by : R. AMENDMENT NO, 10. Barnett, Chairman New Equipments Com- PRESENT RULE. Rule No.26a-3 Page20, mittee. BTBA Playing Rules & Regulations. ,Attempting to gain an unfair advantage. AMENDMENT NO. 8. Penalty Ioss of game or games where PRESENT RULE. Section to be added to unlair advantage- was secured and/or Bowling Pin Specification, Page 8, BTBA Ball Weight suspension of membership. Specification Manual. 1, Directly or indirectly tampering with lanes, bowling pins and/or bowling balls PROPOSAL. Add the following section so they no longer meet with BTBA speci- and head it " Balance," fications. 'The centre of gravity of any tenpin shall 2, Misrepresenting an average either to be measured from the bottom of the pin gain a greater handicap or qualify for a and shall not be higher than 5-60/64 nor Iower classification in a league tournament lower than 5-40164 inches. 3. Deliberately bowling his average in ln addition, nonwood (synthetic) pins Tolerances league play, thereby obtaining a greater with base attachment shall have a percen- advantage in handicap or classified com- tage of weight distribution, in each three petition. (3) inch segment, in relation to the total weight ol the pin as follows : PROPOSAL. Delete ltem 3 and sub- Top to 12 inch height. 11.00 1+ stitUte the following : 3. Where evidence 12to I inch height. 7.50 1 is developed that a BTBA member 9to 6 inch height. 21,50 2 frequently and/or repeatedly exceeds his 6 to 3 inch height. 36.00 3 league average in handicap or classified 3 inch to base, 24.00 2 competition he shall be liable {or suspen- Each nonwood (synthetic) pin shall be sion for having taken unfair advantage balanced within a 5 gram maximum around and upon a finding of guilt by the BTBA the vertical axis.' Legal Committee shall be subject to for-

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Ieature ol all games and prize winnings and This proposal will cure many of these in the events where unfair advantage was problems and still give the league the option gained. of governing its own operation if they adopt Likewise a BTBA member who takes the clear rules before the season srarrs, Pro- advantage of conditions or circumstances posed by : Mrs, S, Gontarz, Chairman, which tend to produce lower scores, final Nominating Committee, thereby establishing a league average less than his ability and uses this average in three AMENDMENT NO. 13, handicap or classified competion, shall PRESENT RULE. Section 1, Paragraphs be Iiable for the same penalties in accor- weekly to each team captain, each member dance with the procedures outlined above, or both.' 1 and 2, Page 64, General lnstructions Tournament Rules and Regulations BTBA REASON FOR PROPOSAL. The primary REASON PROPOSAL. Rule Book. " Section 1. When com- FOR The new petition persons purpose of this amendment is to remove the issue of ofiicial standing sheets will contain forteams of three or more necessily of proving that a bowler was space for verification of league which each is scheduled, such event is defined funds as a team event tournament and must be guilty of " deliberately howling below his are required to be shown in Rule 102b, average in league play when charges are paragraph 4. sanctioned if BTBA members are to " partici pate. led against him for attempting to gain an While there is no reason for a league not to unfair advantage, use a postal secretarial service, those Other events such as a doubles or singles event which are a part a It is extremely difficult to prove deliberate- servrces of the BTBA provided free for its of team tourna- ness rn this area asthisrequircstestimony members should take publicity precedence, ment must also be sanctioned if scores and evidence that the bowler missed spares this will also lend to uniformity and neatness bowled in such events are to be used in on purpose-threw the ball into the gutter of notice boards. Proposed by : M, Glazer, deciding All Events winners." on numerous occas/ons and otherwise General Secretary BTBA. deliberately bowled poorly in league play, PRO POSAL. Delete both paragraphs When a bowler sets out to hold down his AMENDMENT NO. 12. and rr:word- as follows : When a tourna- league average he is usually smatt enough PRESENT RULE. Rule 111, Paragraph 1, ment, other than a BTBA Area Associa- to avoid the obvious which makes it difficult BTBA Rule Book. " After a game has tion T'ournament, is conducted and mem- to convict him under the present rule, started no changes shall be made in the bers of the BTBA. participate, a tourna- This proposal will allow the Legal Committee order of players during such game. The ment sanction may be applied for at the to penalize a bowler if it is proved that he captain, however, may replace any of his option of the tournament management. used a low average to gain an unfair advan- players by a qualified substitute at any Tournaments granted a regular or merely tage regardless of how the low average was time during a game, unless the league has separate sanction shall display a sanction obtained, Proposed hy: H, Hamilton, adopted specific rules governing the use certificate for the establishment or Chairman, Legal Committee, of players and substitutes prior to the establishments where the tournament start of the season, in which case the event or events are scheduled and shall AMENDMENT NO. 11. league rule shall apply." comply with all rules governing tourna- PRESENT RULE. Rule 102c, Paragraph 1, ments as set forth in the BTBA Rule Page 34, BTBA Rule Book. " ln addition PROPOSAL. Add the following para- Book, to duties specified by the Board of Direc- graph : ln mixed leagues when a sub- When such tournaments are conducted tors of the league, the secretary must keep stitute or replacement is made for a male without a BTBA sanction, the participants an accurate record of all individual and member, the substitute or replacement shall not be eligible for BTBA member- team scores and must postweekly averages must also be male unless the league has ship certificates including high score and team standings or position, which made other provisions in their Ieague recog n ition. must be available to all members, at least lules. until end of following week's schedule, REASON FOR PROPOSAL. As the BTBA unless such data is furnished weekly to REASON FOR PROPOSAL. Mixed leagues do not advocate a policy of forced sanctioning each team captain, each member or both." usually form and sanction with a fixed as far as three, four and five person team number of men and women per team, We leagues are concetned it would appear that PROPOSAL, After the words ' averages have found that they do not anticipate with- compulsory sanctioning of team event and team standings or position' add the drawals and replacements which causes a leagues does not comply with the basic following -' on official standing sheets problem when they do not adopt a rule principles and policies adopted by BTBA, as provided bythe BTBA, (subjectto such requiring the number of men and women and therefore feel that sanctioning of all facilities being granted by the proprietor) on a team to remain constant, Likewise, a tournaments other than chartered area which must be available to all members, number of these leagues fail to adopt a rule association tournaments could be on an at least until end of following week's for substitutes and a sharp team captain can optional basis, Proposed by : H. 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11 NOT SO DUSTY ! Sir I have had many experiences in a bowling- centre but heaven protect me YOUR PEN from Pop Fans.l On Sunday, March 8th I had the privilege to entertain for an hour or so Dusty Springfield, Bobby Vee and Big Dee lrvin who called in for some lunch. Obviously TO PAPER word spread like wildfire that these well- known stars were in the Bowl, and I and my staff were besieged by screaming teenagers. I am a Pop Fan myself but I breathed a great sigh of relief when my welcome guests departed. A Life certainly gets complicated at times, ARE CHEAPER PRICES doesn't ii ? Yours etc. PRACTICAL PROPOSITIOil P R. E. Adams, Manager. Sir-As a regular league bowler, and to be told one must wait again, is not Hanley, Staffs. A.B.C. Cinebowl. one who travels a great deal to bowl, it conduciveto better enjoyment ofthis sport. (Life certainly does get compticated Ray has come to my attention that the cost of The policy in Brunswick-equipped bowls Adams, but we personally would gothrough bowling could be decreased to 2s, a game is to give the player a scoring sheet with fire and water for an hour at lunch with and still remain a good commercial eifher twelve or sixteen games on it and Dusty Springfield. Ed.) proposition. allow him to make his own choice and - The lower price would also mean pay afterwards. This in my opinion, is a HE SHOULD JOIN THE increased participation from newcomers, much better and freer type of approach. some of whom do not continue in this Yours etc. ASSOCIATION sport because of the said cost. The rate London, N.19, D. J. Byers. Sir - Although I am a keen bowler, for juniors, thus resulting would mean (lt must be pointed out that any bowling being in the R,A.F. makes things rather more of these necessary young recruits to centre represents a heavy capital investment difficult for me. lt is unwise for me to the ranks, so essential, if this great sport - a point which makes any reduction in the join any bowling clubs as I might be posted is to grow and flourish as it should. price of a game problematical, ln all fairness at anytime to any place, and thus I lose The policy in some bowling companies it must be added that many proprietors- any benefits I might have had if I had joined of payment before commencement, also, at certain times - are already making con- one. has invoked criticism. This only seems siderable price concessions ; apart from I was wrrndering if there is any way in to apply, as far as I can see, in those com- putting a great deal back into the sport by which a person could join, through one panies using A,M,F, equipment. To wait way of tournaments and prizes, " Before" main branch, bowling clubs in various for a lane, decide on the number of games, or "after" payment is an organisation parts of the country, and, if possible, and then, if more games appeal to one, matter, entirely ibroad also. I would be very grateful if -Ed.) you could help me. Yours etc. R.A.F, Locking, T, Boardman, Weston-Su per-Mare, SUGGESTED A FEAT FOR (Our advice to reader Boardman isthathe should join the British Tenpin Bowling CURE FOR A FIFTEEN ! Associaiion, as an unattached member-Ed), Sir I am writing this letter to tell you LEFT-HANDER about - a game that was rolled by a 15 year THEY'RE IN FINE SHAPE old boy. Sir One interesting fact which comes Sir I like' Tenpin Monthly,'particularly 15 year old Malcolm Eyre of Fairlanes, to mind- in respect of our bowlers is in the AMF- bowling tips. Being a lett- Wakefield rolled an open play series of 700. resoect of official sanction. Here at handed bowler I have a fault for which I His three games were 226, 232, 242, SHAPE, we bowl on lanes certified by the am unable to trace the cause, or cure same Malcolm has been Bowling about One Some 40 He started bowling at the Savoy American Bowling Congress. I bought my own ball, a 16 lb., about a Year. of our bowlers hold Military Courtesy week ago, have Bowl and has progressed so much that Bowling month ago and, up to a Membership of the American bowled Recently, however, he says " Watch out Paul Lane." rather straight balls. Congress. We feel this must be my ball goes straight for about two-thirds YoUrs etc, are M. Eyre unique in British Bowling. They distance, then curves away slightly Wakefleld, Yorks. ABC of the (Good Ed,) entiiled to all the rewards that to the left. Show, Malcolm membership can bring and are eligible - lor participation in the sanctioned tourna- I have tried moving my thumb to the Sir - Through the medium of the ments held in Europe. 2 o'clock position with no improvement, December "Tenpin Pictorial," the Southall We are rather proud of this and even I use a four-step approach and for strikes ladies' Pontin Camps team challenged more so since in the last tournament two usually stand with my right loot behind teams of three ladies to matches on home of our bowlers finished in the first 20 of the centre spot, rolling the ball just inside and away basis. This resulted in one the Mens Singles-one was in actual the second arrow on the lane. match at Hove with the Canada Dry girls fact 3rd with a 658 scratch. We take our With a straight ball this was O.K., but who failed to play the return match. bowling very seriously and on several this curve to the left is spoiling my aim, I noticed there were a number of five- occasions in major competitions, both expecially for spares. lady-teams playing in the London Area team and individual, our entries have I should be grateful for your help. championships at Dagenham" Surely drawn expressions of surprise and admi- Yours etc. three players out of five in these teams ration from some of the US Forces top Honiton, . V. G.White should be interested in match play? rank bowlers in Europe alter closely Iought I suggest the fault is our own, that lifile malches. (We tackled Bill Campbell of AMF, him- interest is shown in ladies bowling, as Yours etc. self a left-h an d er, on read er W h ite's problem, we are apparently too lazy to even show Sergeant Ronald J. Cheetham. His comments were : " /f seems that Mr, interest in ourselves. Operations Division, White is not following-through sufficiently, If London teams are not interested in SHOC, SCARS, Tell him to keep his thumb at 2 o'clock and matches may we know the reason why? SHAPE, to be sure to bend his right knee at the line Yours etc., B.F.P.O. 6. on delivery, at the same time exaggerating Southall, Middx. LILY FRANKSON (This is a form of bowling " lease-lend " the follow-through. This will force him to (Mrs, Frankson has a point, Come on in reverse and the Britons of SHAPE may lift the ball and should eliminate the curve the " Jetabelles," or the " Hillman lmps." be proud oftheir prowess - Ed.) to the left) -Ed.)

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THE Randall Garage Strikers had a marathon week-end when I they competed at the " Bowl de Paris." George Randall took his team from the Top Rank bowl in Chatham on Friday, the " thirteenth " for a " six hours sleep in three days rush " to the French capital to compete in the first lnternational Bowling Tournament de Paris. The problem in their planned to the minute itinerary was the question : " Can we get back in timefor work on Monday morning?" The team were due to bowl in Paris at 12.15 the following morning and knew that they wouldn't have many minutes to on arrival. A,ll had done a full days work on the Friday and then hurried home to pack a bag and get to the meeting place on time. The two youngest members of the team were 18 year old Chris Pepler, a solicitors'clerk and nineteen year old electrical fitter Eric Stillwell. Both had strict instructions to get back in time for work on Monday with no excuses accepted for being late. George Godden, of the " Kent Messenger," Peter Sweeney, butcher's roundsman and Barry Smith completed the team. Monsieur Michel Chollet of the Bowl de Paris was waiting in the entrance to greet them with the words " Hurry up and change, you're in the lanes competing in five minutes. After that l'll take you on a sight-seeing trip round Paris and then you'll come straight back and bowl some more!" But British bowlers are now regular visitors to the continent and George Randall bumped into Jim Brewer and Peter Loney as he walked across this super Paris centre to lead off for his team, The Strikers showed up well despite their journey. They took 7th place in the Ail Events divjsion. Ninth in the doubles, they were placed'l2th in the Team event. Barry Smith rolled an average of 180 and Eric Stillwell bowled two high games of 223 and 234. Out of the ten games they played, they won eight, But while they played on the Sunday, the snow was falling across the roads of France and their trip back from Paris to Made in l.C.l. Ambla vinyl Dunkirk became a nightmare of diversions and icy roads. They made the Dunkirk dock just as the ramp of the channel steamer material with leather handles and was being pulled up. They hoped it would be lowered again to fittings. Fitted strong zip, inside get them abroard but the French officials said : " Sorry, that's zip pocket, rubber tray. Available against the rules. You've missed the ." to see the in the following colours: Olive Ask Garage proprietor, George, is not a man too easily beaten. range of Ten Pin bowling bags He rushed his Mercedes round afi and managed to drive on just Green, Maroon or lvory. Price at your bowling centre behind the train. So after all. the team were back to work on inc. tax 71 /-d. or local shops time.

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moves that you see are needed. Your ABIES swing is often marvellous yet you can't (March 21 Apri! 20) always co-ordinate your {ootwork with Mars, your- ruling planet, makes you your arm thrusting, forcetul and too eager in your play. You are not inclined to think things LEO I ntroduction out except in times of crisis when it's - (July 23 - August 22) often too late, Your exce!lent memory is You are the shining Leo types who are seldom used and you learn very little from by make self your ruled the Sun and the most Nothing will help you more with experience. Your problem is to calm confident bowlers of the Zodia-c, Style is game,- your excitement and develop step by step at its height in yor-rr Sign as well as quite Have you ever asked yourself why all the cool detachment. Tinring your approach wonderful sporting {eelings towards your top bowlers disagree on such ntaior items. and Celivery are the points you should competitors. You really enjoy your game. as sfance, approach, footwork, swing, and concentrate on, But you have your failings too. Often follow through ? Yes, even as to how to inclined to overrate your talent, you try hold the ball ! TAUBUS for the spectacular move instead of con- Yott have ? May be you passed it off with (April 21 May 20) centratlng orr those things which are a comment like " Bowling is an individttal - The Stolid Taurean folk are ruled by within your capacity to do. You are the game," You're right. lt is. But whenever types who lose the points through care- Ihe individua! expresses hintself in any Venus anC like to do everything at their own peaceful pace, Complacent unless lessness o,ver the spares. Grasp the sport, his stars take a hand as well, Maxim Make your spares and the ' ball roused, you play a very unimaginative : " Next time you see a really crafty sti'ikes will take care of themselves." coping with ' splits' or other leasing spares, game- preferring the habitual approach be more than likely a Scorpio. For rather than the planned experiment or it'tt game VIBGO Scorpions have a phenomenal intuition and spontaneous act. Your is apt to be cunning in solving teasing problems on stiff and jerky and often lacking in control (August 23 September 22) a point. - the spot as weil as a crafty way of despatch i ng at the explosion The Virgoans make excellent bowlers. them. Ruled by Mercury they are quick on the The lonq run of strlkes from a straight AEMINI tiptake and they learn very quickly from done welt aimed bal! will most likely be bowied (May 21 * June 20) experience. ln this Sign, things are by a Sagittariatt their sense of aim is the very thoroughly and good reliable habits for You are the Mercury inspired Twins who you most pronounced, moment and style quickly formed. Perhaps show brilliance and daring at one players Zodiac Look again at the team member in a league Lack of inner are the most reliable in the and are at a loss the next, long sustained averages. who pulls some startling shots out of the balance is a characteristic of your Sign and capable of bag to save his team in a ntoment of crisis. you dexterous enough with You might not make the most spectacular though are players but you make excellent members He'll likely as not be an Aries type. For your hands and feet. Any long sustained Arietians can be erratic and careless when your staying power of a team. Your ability to remain calnr and match urou!d tax and never to seek recognition not unrler tension and usually bowl too fast you vvay on top front the unemotional unless were out praise makes a shining example to all a batl, Yet when it comes to a iime of crisis, start. Your problem is how to control or ll seems that the very urgency of the moment your changing moods so that they don't at any Bowllng Centre. tempers thent into sudden care and calm interfere with your play. Put everything Watch the self-cortfidence of a Leo bowler else out of your mind when you start to LIBRA delivery of a Canricorn. or the cool detached play. (September 23 - October 22) You'll soon see the mannerisms, habits, and The Jupiter ruled Bowlers in the Scales moods in which the stars are so prominently CANCEB are the most balanced players in the at work. have very sensitive con- (June 21 July 22) Zodiac. You a By now you shoulC be getting the general are little too - ruled by the centration though and a idea. The hidden influences of the stars are The players in the Crab are disturbed by the bowlers in the lanes at work in your game too. Understand the Moon with all its changing faces. Like your main difflculties you in coming around you, One of character, habits, general approach and the Crab too, have difficulty is that you see too much ln favour of all inclinations (and ntoods) of your Zodiacal out of your shell. You are the most self- of a problem. This brings lack of players in Zodiac and are sides Sign and you'll soon find yourself eliminating conscious the decision and yet when you are pressed game. go for pro- your faults and fast improving your the types who most strongly you go to- pieces. You'li flnd if you don't So /et us take you bowling round the fessiona! instruction. Very observant, take the game quite so seriously, you'll Zodiac so tha! you can get a peep at yourself you have a scientific turn of mind but not at play and then ' get with it.' always the courage to carry out the bold Please turn to page 20

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New Member ? as a terriffic 615 series and 245 game by BETTY KNIGHT. LEN OSBORNE is bowlers M,A,URICE MACMILLAN, M.P. for Hali- rated one of the most improved lax and Economic Secretary to the Trea- in the league and now holds a 157 average. sury, had his first taste of tenpin recently A cracking 268 game was rolled in the when he visited the new Brunswick Bowl Supreme Legue at A.B.C. Stamford Hill r#r James Coles in Halifax. Manager TOM DONOGHUE recently by LURIE RIND, of " Gulf," He gave him his initial instruction. started with eight strikes in a row. ln the same match PETER HOPPER, of " Seven- DICK SMITH, manager of the Trans- just Converted ? Up " rolled 263 and then, to cap the World, Harlow bowl, notched a first time whole thing, MICK BANFIELD of the for Harlow bowlers in a first class event. " BRIAN CLOUGH, former Sunderland Satellites " rolled a 268 line. He was singles winner in the B.T.B.A. centre forward, has begun to shine in the One of the flnest performances of the London area Championships, held at the lanes oI the Dog's Bowl at South Shields. day in the recent Hull City area B.T.B.A. A.B.C. Bowl, Dagenham, from March Will he be as good with his hands as he championships, held at the Trans-World 6th-8th. Paired with BILL TABERER, was with his feet? May be! He recently Bowl, was put up hy JOY MUSSARED. another Harlow bowler, Dick also won the bowled a 225 game while playing there ln her second ganre for the winning ladies' doubles event. with JOHNNY CROSSAN, ANDY KERR team she rolled a scratch 232, which A Iocal butcher, ERNIE GILES, was the and WILLY McPHEAT. included seven strikes in a row. recent winner of the singles championship ERIC JARROM recently cracked the at the Regent Bowl, Great Yarmouth. The Scoring High! high series record for the Excel Bowl, runner-up was BRIAN LINCOLN. Newcastle, when he rolled a 625 whi!e CHUCK READ recently retained his Eighteen-year-old PETER CURTIS is a playing for Viners of Sheffield against an title as house of Excel Pavilion member of the Alley Cats in the " Streat- Excel staff team. Lanes, Southend, by beating ROD WHITE Tenpin League. What is not ham News " A,t the 1964 tournament of the American by nine pins - 513-504. generally known in bowling circles is that Bowling Congress in Oakland, California, Peter is also Sussex champion. GEORGE FLEISCHHACKER set them all He recently left for a six-week tennis tour talking with some giant scores. He came Ust:t:t:" ol the Continent. up with a 289 in the Classic doubles event; D, HILL has taken over the management The honour of having rolled the first 600 then followed it with a 279 in the singles of Chester Top Rank Bowl, from G. N. series at the Excel Bowl, Reading, goes to com petition. Fairweather who is taking over his new COLIN NICHOLSON who recently cracked appointment as manager of Top Rank in a first-class 625, which included a first ChomPions ! Bowl, Southall. game totalling 258. Colin was presented First tenpin bowling champion of An ex-rnariner with a rugged {ace and a with an inscribed trophy by J. A. MET- Exmouth is RON EWINGS. Recently he iriendly smile has been chosen to manage CALFE from Excel head office. defeated G. FOWLER in the flnal of the Burton's 24 lane tenpin bowling centre. One o{ the highlights of the month in Regal Bowl's knockout tournament by The nran who has moved out of the sea the Double Top mixed Doubles league at only 20 pins-463 to 443, ln the flfteen lanes to control the tenpin lanes is 35 year A.B.C. Stamford Hill, was JIMMY LAM- games which took him to the final Ron old JAMES COLES and he took over the BERT'S 254 game and 628 series ; as well averaged 172. bridge o{ his new command on March 20th. Jimmy Coles, a veteran of the far east run has settled down well to the life of a lancilubber alter 14 continuous years STILL TIlE BE$T BUY IN BOWUilA TODAY at sea. A nran, he is accustomed to get things done with the minimum of talk and the maximum of eff)ciency. Top Rank have pushed him {orward {rom LINCOL N ". trainee nranager at Oldham. Lancs, in August'1963 via House managership at THE ORIGI]{AI the Old Trafford Bowl to his present post manager at He believes he's BRITI$H BAGS as Burton. TENPIN BOWTII{G just the man to further the interest of bowling among the busy factories, omces, ORDER shops, anci sports clubs of the Burton area. His prime ambition {or the inrme- YOURS diate future? To get a busy league under way as quickly as possible. Through any ABC Bowl PETER FOSTER, 33, will shortly take TOP RANK Bowl over management of the Top Rank Bowling FAIRLANES Bowl Centre in Chatham. He has just moved into the town with his wife and three chil- ot write direct to : dren and he will relieve JOHN TEAS- w a E R s P o R Ts 46 FITZROY STREET DALE, the present managerr who is leaving :::': :::,:: ;,:,:{ ;:: i.'jff x LONDON, EUS.7570 ",i "! ":; W.1, for Bournemouth.

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It STAND in a relaxed position, the thumb pointing at midnight, and keep ii there throughout the backswing forward swing WHY THE and, most important, the follow through." The words of a bowling instructor, qualified or just being helpful are taken in by a nerve wracked beginner with the other twenty or fifty commandments. The MIDITIGHT THUMBP variation between twenty or fifty instruc- tions is dependent on two factors : The frame of mind and liver condition of the instructor and the sex of the instructed. The physical and mental attitude ol all instructors is invariably restored to full, sufficient when it is an accepted fact that she will ultimately change, is correct. humming, vigorous well-being, if the to reach top flight proficiency a ball moving The ultimate aim of any serious bowler trembling novice is young, has the figure on its axis in a direction other than for- is to perfect a grooved action of body and profile of a scenic railway and is wiltingly ward is highly desirable. ball from the back of the approach to the feminine. There are a talented minority who back ol the pin deck. Same pushaway, The opening preamble of this article is a straight all off the corner but same backswing and follow through, only to indicate that the writer has instruc- these exponents are the exception. Look length of stride identical and the speed ol ted and has the right amount of red at the British scene today and see how each ball the same as the one before. corpuscles. The main reason for mY many o{ the big boys " explode " at mid- The hand in the same position at having the inclination to wield a pen is night. Very, very Jew. So why the address and explosion point time alter that I believe we teach beginners wrongly. beginner, monotonous time. This is difficult, ex- Why do we persist in teaching the lf we accept that a curved or the much tremely so. lt takes practice, covers novice bowler to roll a straight ball? abused, hook ball is the good average miles oJ bowling lane, needs deep con- Because it is easier? Because it is more getter then it is fallacious to teach the centration and above all a uniform tech- natural? Because it is simpler for an straight ball. Draw a parallel with any nique. Change is fine, but not change instructor to get his pupil to knock over a other sport and see if you can come up that is calculated to happen from the first few pins? lf it is any one or all three of with one that accepts a principle that to step on a bowling approach. these reasons I do not think they are teach a beginner one way, knowing he or So why the midnight thumb? TROPHTES OF DISTINCTION

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comment thus far : I think that the best British team meeting the IN best Australian team on a scratch basis, would produce some of the greatest bowling competition ever seen anywhere in the world. Not so much because everyone would score over 200 every game, JAPAil but because this friendly support of competition seems to burn deeply on both sides of the world. You may have heard that the Australian Proprietors' Assoc- iation was anxious to organise a test series ol games, sending AND over the best Australian players. This has now run into a snag, in that the proposed co-sponsors of the tour have decided to delay their final decision for a while. However, I would venture AUSTRALIA to say that you can look lor five or six suntanned Australian bowlers to be making the trip in the {oreseeable future. When this happens, a " test " series should be one o{ the greatest moments in British bowling history. Naturally, the Australians are anxious to see a British team visit their shores, too. Wether this will be done in the near future is up to the bowling fraternity in Britain, as a whole and certainly requires the blessing and sanction of the BTBA. We will have to wait and see. When I walked into my first bowling centre in Australia, which was in Melbourne, I thought I was back in Southern California. go just was tremendous the house when the children off to school and take part in The 7.00 league was rolling off and there a leagues which Australian amount of liveliness to the atmosphere as the league started. many day-time are thriving in the game very seriously, indeed. Not centres. The Australians take their women bowlers run about the same as in the that they go into a depression after missing a tenpin, but they Averages for and Most of them who bowl one league a get grim and " bare down " when the pressure is on. United States Britain. certainly 128 and 140. Those women who bowl I saw one {ellow, Doug Stewart, (Chairman of the Australian week average between a week seem to get into the I didn'ttalkto any Proprietors Association and a fine bowler) leave his first three two leagues 160s. who bowl five or six leagues a week and I don't believe frames open and string seven strikes in a row lor a 217 women then leagues would lead a 200 average, anyway. Every ball was in the pocket and he finally smiled when that this many to finish. have leagues after school and, particularly, on the game was over. The children Saturday mornings when the bowling centres are fairly " hum- junior WOMEN ming " with teenage and under leagues. All in all, the Australian and Japanese scenes, coupled with Women in Australia seem to have more opportunity to bowl all the other areas of the world where people are enjoying this than the women in Britain. Due to the tightly controlled economy game on a regular sporting basis, we believe that tenpin bowling of the country, (Australia has a population ol just over eleven G here to stay and soon will be the common sports-denominator million) and the standard of living is excellent for the majority of lor major countries internationally, people), most lamilies own their own cars, and many have two Who knows, perhaps one day tenpin bowling will be a major cars. This gives the opportunity to the housewi{e to get out of event in the international sports calendar. I BOWL WITH THE STATS - aontinued from page l5 not only play lar better but you'll {ollow pins without a spot or line sight is a their whole game a by series ol wrong your own intuition which is usually right, characteristic of this Sign. Co-ordination decisions and bad mistakes. Yet they between hands and feet is also excellent. are just as likely to pull up from a slow $c0BPl0 The one big failing is that few Sagittarians start to a resounding victory. This is not ever improve their game beyond a certain a lucky Sign for Aquarians must always (October 23 November 21 ) - standard. Why ? Lack of imagination ! earn their success. Nothing seems to fall Ruled by Mars, the Bowlers in the Sign in their laps. They are the artistic players of Scorpio are determined and forceful - CAPBICOBII to watch too as they bowl stylishly and yet cunning, crafty, clever, and imaginative intense concentration, Their (December 20) with an too. You are the people who always play 22 - January great {ault is that they can not stick to a to win and take your bowling enormously The Capricorn Bowlers ruled by the plan of campaign and they are too indivi- seriously. The almost uncanny intuition testing planet Saturn are the strong silent dualistic to make good team members. that guides you blends with your brisk and players of the Zodiac. Cool, detached, snappy style to make you an excellent and earnest, they play with an almost player. But you have your failings like machine like precision. Very observant, P'$8ES players. picking new from all other Your swing is olten they are forever up tips (February 20 - March 20) erratic and you're inclined to hold onto the watching other players. The outstanding There are {ewer Pisces Folk on the lanes ball too long. You can " put on the Stuff" ball comes from this Sign and the average than any other Sign. Yet when they play butyour aim is not always what it might be. is always pretty high too. But the real they not only enjoy it but become very weakness is in the footwork and this is proficient in a short space of time, The SAOITf ABIUS only compensated for with a wonderful judging prominent characteristics ol this Sign are (November 22 December 21) sense for distance. They are the great sense of unruffled relaxation and worn - the the line aimers who follow a well the ability to produce keen scores when There are more Sagittarians at track each time. Bowling Centres than any other Sign, pressed. The good humoured Piscean And if they are fathers, they bring the Bowlers have the most beautiful back- whole family along. Sagittarians are the AQAABtAS swing and an almost built-in sense of worlds' sportmen and are very talented at (January 21 February le) how and when to dismiss the ball at the most games. ln this Sign, you go for the Aquarians,- ruled by the explosive explosion point. Yet there is seldom the straight hard gamewithouttoo manytricks. Uranus, are the most unpredictable tension in their bodies which makes the A wonderful sense ol aim direct at the Bowlers of the Zodiac. They often spoil first rate player.

20 to bowling they play lor keeps and glve the sport a social impetus and significance that it would otherwise completely lack. It's the one sport that can claim to be a real family game where people of all ages WOMEN themselves. can get together and enjoy American bowling has its champions and its Iucky players. Three women, two averaging the 130's, have bowled " 300 " IN games in WIBC sanctioned leagues already this year- bringing the seaso-nal total to nine. There have been 85 perfect games in WIBC history. Probably the lowest average woman EARNEST ever to bbwl a 300 is Diane Rueber of Tujunga, Calil,, who accomplishe.d .the fea-t when her average was 131. A left- hander who had never before rolled more than four strikes in a row. Diane had 12 /1NCE the women of any nation take up comino chamoionships all to themselves pocket hits to delight her Alley Oops \-' bowling seriously, they bring to it the for th6 Squiri team bf Buffalo, N.Y. are ieam in the Valley Lutheran Handicap truly professional touch and grace.the only averagewise 24 behind them. The League at Starlite lanes in North Holly- soort with an enthusiasm and verve which high average teams are not confined to wood, tlie male species find it hard to compete iust a small oortion of the American con- with, iinent either, they come lrom 24 different Grace Theis of Niles, lll., bowled only states. the second 300 bY a woman in Take the U.S.A. for an example. More Ieaoue plav in 22 years while bowling in than 5,000 teams have entered for the STILL MORE the-Hedveily Bodies League at Classic W.l.B,C. Championship Tournamentwhich She has been will be more women entering the Bowl in Morton Grove. will have a prize {und this year oI 248,000 There bowling 20 years and was averaging 149. dollars. Seventy ol the teams entered championships than an average size Twenty five thousand can claim a 900 average, lf that isn't the footb;ll crowd. has been bowling le-s-s travel from 48 Although she professional touch, then what is? entrants! And they'll was averaging only 139, from Bermuda, Canada than a vear and states as well as of Lubbock, Tex,, rolled a One team of determined women have and Puerto Rico. They will represent Bettv J6 Faust with a spec- 300 6ame in the Oakwood Keglers League entered the championship 838 bowling associations. month. She tacular series average of 983. They come at bakwood Lanes last in So now readily agree with these began bowling in a mixed league last from the Linbrook Bowl at Anaheim vou'll practice games. California, Yet they might not have the figurei belore you, that once women take summer after only nine

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23 ln the Ambassador Travelling League TBAVELLING the Harlow 'A' team look to be running lwl away with the championship, With seven rl fixtures completed they were firmly at the for a strike. And was he pleased? I'll LEAOAES top with 48 points and a total pinfall of say. Leaping into the air (in a rather un- 17,798. ln second place were lpswich Lord Mayoral manner!) he called 'A'with 40 points and a pinfall of 17,865. the greatest!" COMMENTABY At the foot of the table, somewhat sur- lncidentally he has the distinction of prisingly, was the Stevenage 'B' team joining famous airman, Group Captain with only eight points from the seven Douglas Bader, who performed the same hESPITE that "..... Fateful February fixtures. feat when inaugurating the Excel Bowl, lJ gth " headline in the last issue of thii B. Goodall (lpswich ',A') heads the Doncaster. magazine the outcome of the champion- Ambassador League averages with 181 ship of the London Tenpin Bowling from 21 games. Next comes R. Northrop 10th Frame League was, at March 22nd, still very far (Harlow 'A') with 176 (3) ; and Frank FRESH challenges are coming up for from settled. At that date the Airport Beaumont (lpswich ' A') with 174 (21). Tunbridge Wells, the town without a Bowl were still on top with '112 points but Only the first eight players in this league centre but with a whole host of bowling their lead (slender as a fakir after a slim- have an average of 170 or more. ln ihe enthusiasts. The latest challenge comes ming course!) was on pinfall alone. London League ratings the first eleven from the American Plan Travel Ltd of players have averages of '180 or over, while. The gut-sy young Leytonstone side London whose team is anxious to meet the next 32 players are all rolling 170 and all or any of those teams wh ich were testing were still in there, also with 112 points, above. but with a total pinfall ol 70,444, against their strength last week-The Combi- the Airport's 71,897. Wooden spoonists lf anything comes of the idea of a nations, Lloyds Bank (Trustee Dept) were Wembley with 56 points from 27 travelling leagues' winners' knock-out Sussex Courier Social Club and Beeline games, nine points behind Streatham who tournament it will be interesting to see just Taxis. The American Plan Travel team had wrenched a tally of 63 from 27 games. how London does fare-particularly in includes four Tunbridge Wells residents view of the fiery verbal challenges which and can produce up to ten players. They League averages are superlative. Bobby are just lately emanating from the Midlands also use the Excel Whitstable Bowl as Mansfield (Leytonstone) has tallied 190 and the North. home base and suggest they should play from 35 games ; Tony Samuelg (Golders all the Tunbridge Wells teams on a home Green), 189 from 30 games ; Major Joe ln the West Midlands lnter-Centre and away basis. Conrad Boyd, Brian Tolbert (Southall) 188 (18) ; W. Wyer League the Warley ' A' team are setting Nye, and lan Stephenson are the triad that (Stamford Hill) 179 (75) ; Bernie White a cracking pace and, at the time of going are pressing for a bowling centre in Tun- (Leytonstone) 180 (45) ; Orin Teston to press, with 180 points were 21 ahead of bridgeWells and they have the backing of (Airport) 180 (60) ; and so on. Full credit their nearest rivals, Wylde Green 'A,' a large number oJ enthusiasts. Any to Roger Staats, the Airport Captain. At who had notched up 159 points. Wylde others who want to help in the crusade March 20th he had played more games than Green are, nevertheless, doing very well should get in touch with lan Stephenson any other bowler in this League-78- in this competition, since their ' B' team at the offices of Brackett and Sons, Tun- for the amazing average of 179. occupies third place in the table. bridge Wells (Tel. 26353) - or myself !

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24 " TEllPlll" M0ilTflLY NEWS REVIEW

The new WIBC entry figures are startling. A record breaking 5071 teams - more than 25,00 women - will compete in the 1964 INSIDE THE NEWS championship tournament which opens on April 9 at the South- dale Bowl in Minneapolis. lt is the largest tournament in the 47 year history of the Women's lnternational Bowling Congress, i:xceeding the 5,000 teams which entered the 1953 event in Detroit. LATEST information points to the fact that something like 25 There are 9219 doubles and '18,438 singles entries. per cent of the'16,000 membership of the British Tenpin Bowling Association will, by the time this issue appears in readers' hands, have entered for the Association's annual championships, scheduled for A.B.C, Bowl,Wylde Green, Birmingham, May 8th- NEW CENTRE 13th. American servicemen have, hitherto, tended to dominate the championships but 1963 singles winner, Danny Molthen, has Can a British bowler do it in'1964? since returned tothe U.S.A. for the 1962 there were entries from 37 THERE'S news of an end-to-end development scheme ln the first championships in ln five-person teams 124 doubles and 292 singles. Note for South Pier, Blackpool, at an estimated cost of e250,000. ; planned have a get privileges which have been organised addition to a €70,000 Rainbow Theatre it is also to entrints- they will many portion. by the Association. Vouchers will be available for discounts 20-lane tenpin bowling centre in the pier's central in shoe repairs, ladies' hairdressing, men's hairdressing, dry cleaning, etc. Competitors will also get a e2 voucher from a SOUTHSEA, too, makes bowling news. A 24-lane tenpin nationwide car wash organisation (€1,400 worth are to be given centre is to be built on land at the rear of the Savoy Ballroom in away) and each player will get a special gift pack. this town. lt will be a two storey building, with the ground floor Amendment Morris Glazer, B.T.B.A. general secretary as a car park with the upper storey for the bowling centre. talking to the Editor- of this magazine, 4.5. p.m. March 12th : " I arn pleased to report that membership has just reached 20,000 ; and that we have 500 leagues in operation." FROM GRA,NADA it is reported that work is under way on this Diary Date- Annual general meeting of the'B,T.B.A. will be giant concern's tenpin centre in Manchester, which is to be held at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday, May'l0th,'1964, at the Empress operated in association with Belle Vue (Manchester), Ltd ; plans Cinema, Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. lor York and Bedford are going ahead.

MAKING the headlines towards the end of May will be the ARROW Bowling Ltd. of Leeds have been granted planning London Tenpin , trail blazer for the whole country permissiol by the Scunthorpe Borough Corporation, for the so far as regional leagues are concerned. We learn that, after erection of an eighteen lane Tenpin Bowling and general leisure the league season finishes in the middle of that month, it will be on a site at the junction ol Doncaster Road and Exeter prove centre lollowed by a social Junction which should once again to be Road, Scunthorpe. This will be the second centre to be opened a pace setler to the bowling world as a whole. Plans are aloot by this company, which already has the Savoy Bowl, Wakefield to secure the services of a Very lmportant Person indeed to in operation. Work will commerce within the next two or three present the league's trophies and individual prizes. CIues are and it is hoped to have the Centre operational by Novem- political months that, if this comes off, it will give the lunction a decidedly ber, 1964. The Company is also actively negotiating for a lurther favour apart from making it front-page news in many national Iour sites in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. newspapers.- Look Jor our next issue lor more news in this direction. A CONTRACT for f,575,000 of Tenpin bowling equipment has (UK) Lee- That's a phrase which is been signed between Ltd and SCOTLAND YARD are interested! Lld., member the Ridgemount Industrial usually associated with a great train robbery or a particularly West Bowling a of gory murder. Well now the Yard are interested in tenpin Holdings Group of companies. but not from any professional motive, Latest- inlor- The contract is for 100 bowling lanes representing five 2O-lane bowling, bowling centres at Stopsley Green, Luton (recently opened), mation is that a well known bowling character was in the vicinity - ago giving our top peelers the on the Dunstable Road, Luton ; and on the London Road, oJ the Black Museum a few days The location ol two further sites will be announced lowdown on tenpin. A squad of high ranking policemen may Bedford. their debut on the lanes, and following this up sh ortly. soon be making to be supplied by Brunswick is the A-2 series. the formation o{ Scotland Yard's own tenpin bowling league. The equipment with lvan Weston, managing director, Lee-West Bowling, said the company was negotiating for additional sites to those already BRITAIN gets the European Championships next year. They plan ned. will be held at the new Top Rank Bowl in Birmingham in June, " Four centres are scheduled to be opened later this year or 1965, and it is expected that 120 star bowlers lrom a dozen Con- early in 1965 " said Mr. Weston, tinental countries will be competing. The championships are expected to last about {our days and, already, it is anticipated that over 300 supporters will be travelling lrom Europe to cheer on their favourites. AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS

proposed the WIBC Constitution and SIXTY amendments to FIRST Championships ot the North Western Bylaws will be considered by delegates to the 1964 WIBC Con- THE Annual of the B.T.B,A. were held at the Universal Bowl, Morecambe scheduled for May 4th at Minneapolis, U.S.A, Area vention March Entries were quite high taking into consideration One proposed change would require students under 18 should on 22nd. parents guardians participate that this is the first ; and that Morecambe is at present the only have written consent of or to in Blackpool, it is hoped to leagues tournaments where cash or merchandise centre in the area, With the opening oI WIBC or the Area Association up. prizes are offered. Another earmarked chang€ is to reduce the start building hrinimum allowable weight of bowling balls from'I0 pounds to 8. Please turn to page 26

25 margin. -There are very few male teams who can claim victory over the Sunlresh team. The Maids weren't the only ones to bowl the men over. Young Brenda Warboys, in the Juhior League, beat page all the boys with a crashing 202 hi-game" A score that is espec- continued from 25 ially high_ on account of her age. Congratulations go to'the wide-awake bowlers in the Night Owls League, who were pre- sented with trophies. The winners were Bill and Senta Gi6bs, SEVEN and Paddy and Peggy Quigley. Norman Buss won awards for STRAIGHT WINS his hi-game of 254 and hi-avarage o{ 165.

SEVEN straight wins, that is the impressive record of ,' Direct of Smithfield," since the team issued their challenge. They have beaten " l_lqrp Lager " of Basildon, home and-way, " Pepsi- NEW B.T.B.A. AREA Cola's " of Dagenham home and away and the ,' Bowiiners i' of K.A.L. .Hove- Their greatest moment came when they tound themselves drawn againstthe " Brunswick Jets " in the Guardian THE EAST Lancashire Area Association of the B.T.B.A. was Trophytournament at Leytonstone Bowl, only to beat the fabulous formed _at.a meeting at the Fairlanes Bowl, Burnley, on Sunday, " Jets," 2698-2661. The trophy will be held at the Playbowl for a March 15th. The area secretary is Rita Makln, fiist woman in yeal. There have been some pretty big scores hit ai this bowl Britain to hold such a bowling post. lately, in op_en play, control clerk Roger Scott bowled just two pins short of the finishing with a 278 game, f6r which he received a house trophy. ln open play recently, diminutive 15 year old Malc Arnold RENA IN WHITSTABLE scored what must surely be an unofficial house record. Over an eight game series (which included five " Two Hundred Games " 244,241,213,212,209) he bowled an average of206, which is very - OVER 450 bowlers took part in the Rena Handicap Singles good.bowling-even by adult standards. A recent evening sarir Ilbphy tournament held at the Excel Bowl, Whitstible fiom the wind-up ol the men's doubles league, champions this season March 6th-8th. Despite an-air of happy infoimality the playing being " Direct of Smithfield," Pete Fountain and Ron Clark, standard was very high, 18 awards being presenied bi E-xce'i closely followed by " Two T's," Tony Taylor and Chris Fleetwood. Bowling,- Ltd., for outstanding feats duiing the tourriament. Trophies were presented by bowl manager Phil Cross. The Players from Chatham, Bexleyheath and the-Airport Bowl took Mayday League is now well under way in-its third week. With part,, malor honours going io George King, from A.B.C. Bexley- Canada Dry holding top position, and-The Sons of Fred hot on h.eath...Excel -Bowl league 200 awards went to F. Newing, j. their tails, this could prove to be a most interesting league. The Wraight and M. G. Dennis, and22i awards to B. Johns, R. A-mos popular Duet League Mixed Doubles, still continued its successlul and M. Luckhurst. run, with The Barons (Anita and Nat Myers) holding top position, _ The proceeds from this interesting tournament were donated closely-followed by t[e Dolltones (Doily Hart and-Tony'Taylor). to the Sunshine Homes for Blind Babies, a cheque for i,,72 4s. Dolly.Cross, wi{e of Bowl manager Phil Cross, recently edrneh be.ing. handed over. Final placings were : i st G. King-652, 2nd herself an AMF award in this league, bowling a gam6 of 192, 1,. lngham-644, 3rd B. Chapman- 649, 4th J. Jones-lO3g, Sih B. which made Phil, who partners her in this league, decide to Newham-635, 6th M. Luckhurst-688, 7th A. White-692, Bth D. devote a little more time tb brushing up on his own-game. Francis-627, 9th R. Price 625, and 10th B. Tong, J. Adnby, n. Smith and B. Johns-616. ,VISIT()R' CHAMPI()NS TROPHY

THE WINTER League . Season endsin Marchandthelocal 'cailedpaper, the Morecambe " Visitor," has presented a trophy to be " The Visitor Champions Championship Trophy "-which will be awarded annually to the top team in the Universal Bowl there. This tournament will be played on a knockout basis with the league champions from each league participating to find the Bowl Champions, This is scheduled to be played when the centre re-opens after resurfacing during the week of April 6th. The finals of the Schofield Trophy caused a'vast amount of interest in ihe North West. This competition started last Novem- ber and was played for by 28 Rotary Tables from places as far apart as B_arrow, Burnley, Blackburn and Kendal. The Trophy was won after a hard struggle by the Leyland Rotary Table, Th6 first annual league secretaries' dinner was held oh Wednesday night, March 111h, when Universal Bowling invited all the leagu6 s.ecretaries to be their guests at dinner for the purpose o{ thanking them for the work they had put in during the Winter Season anI to discuss with them the plans for the Summer Season and next wint:r. Out of 23 leagues, 21 have agreed to carry on through Ine 5ummer season. The Holsten Chargers

LYNE- UP ! D . If E HOL_STEN Chargers are the latest team to be sponsored by Holsten Distributors Ltd., United Kingdom distribut6rs o{ the {amous Holsten Lager. THE MONTH at Stevenage saw some very high scoring, and Shown in the photograph are left to right- Dick Searle- Doug Lyne(thename's almostthe same), a re!ulai league b-owler, Area Representative of Holsten Distributors Ltd. ., Kipper recently bowled g-ln-a-row. g pins " He took and leflthe 10 pin Jlayers A silk screen printer, has a composite average oi 172. wobbling on the l0th frame, giving a total score of 277, breaking Dick Hall- Who works with a timber company. Captain of th.e.hou,se record by 11 pins which was held by Bill ChiilingwortF the.team his- composite average is 169. Peter Roiph A Type- with a 266. Equally ' itrike-bound ' is Colin-Hall of the Viva's, writer eng ineer has a com posite average o{ 175. Harry- Gilni6re who has that nine-in-a-row tag. He scored nine strikes in a row A Director of Holsten Distributors Ltd. is seen shatiing hands game in.a truly fine in the Lansdowne League. The Lyons-sanctioned Maids -with-Eric Perkins-the genial personality of the Southatl 5 ladies team achieved the so called impossible in a Erig a local .shopkeeper has a composite average of 165 league. game in the Town Centre Leagud, when they game Eoyl. took a -good Johnny Thornton works with the B.B.C. has a 170 c6mposite from the Sunfresh team, who are top o{ the leagire by a average - ), . .. AGG0MPLISHMENTS include. . . * slx,,3oo" PERFECT GAMEs in sanctioned plaY * BESr SERTES 782 (sanctioned) ' * BEST SEASON 1'!) LEAGUE AVERAGE ZZJ * rcor ALL srAR MR. PERFECT GAME * rcse BowLER oF THE YEAR

BIIL TILLARD ts a member of the Brunswick Advisory staff of Bowling ChamPions EH*m,wl# continued from page 26

7.UP & SUNFRESH C[)MP

THE SEVEN-UP and Sun{resh sponsored teams competition will take place on Sunday, April 26th, at 3 p.nr. at the A.B.C. Bowl. Acton, Teams taking part will be :*Seven-Up Airport Bowl, Seven-Up Dagenham, Seven-Up Grays, Seven-Up t' Grimns ,, Southall, Seven-Up " Sabres " Southall, Seven-Up Stamforcl Hill, Sunfresh Dagenham. Sunfresh " Telstars " Grays, Sun{resh " Apaches " Leytonstone, Sunfresh Southall, Sunfresh " AIley- rats " Southampton, Sunfresh " Tornados " Stevenage. Official il.T.B.A. sanction is being applied f or.

TELSTAR BEAT SHELL The " Erro Trophy All Stars " team is seen here admiring one of the trophies manufactured by their sponsors. LEYTONSTONE'S Telstar League recently accepted from lJasildon's Shell League a challenge of six 3-man teamsfrom each league. First leg was at Basildon where Leytonstone, .full who had a coach of players and supporters! were victorious in the I JUNIORS at the Hampden Bowl are going great guns espec- point per game 1 point pinfall 3-game series-19-5. Paul Dixon ially the monitors amongst them. This monitor scheme,- which (Leytonstone) bowled well for a 575 serjes and for Basildon, Bill was initiated by Hanrpden manager Mitch Currie is now working Day bowled 513. successiully at other Brunswick centres. Says a Bowl report : in the return at Leytonstone the following week both teams had " One o{ our youngest girls, 14-year-old Pat McNamara, is mixed success. The home teams again ran out winners 20-4 obviously a champion of the future. On March 1Oth she had a wlth Vera Twaits (Leyionstone) rolling 522 and B. Tween 501 series and has quite a few 200 games to her credit." (Basildon) 507. Overall Leytonstone won 39 points to Basildon's g. After BARRY BLAKELY, a twelve year old High School boy who has congratulations and thanks Bill Day, Secretary ofthe Shell League only been bowling 6 months rolled 2'18 early this month at the handed to Don Lovney Secretary of the Telstar League an attrac- Excel Bowl in Doncaster, He was awarded the first Junior tive trophy donated by Mr. Butcher of Butcher and Easey, Dagen- " 200 " Excel Badge by manager Sidney Blurton. ham. Arrangements were made {or the event to be an annual one. A MOST commendable effort was made by Tony Valente aged 1'l who rolled a 611 three game series (inciuding handicap). He is the flrst Excel Junior bowlerto reach a 200 scratch score in one game. F()R & ABOUT JUNI()RS FIFTEEN-year-old Michael Booth, junior player at the Trans World Bowl, Henrel Hemstead, playing in the Knights of King Harry League, recently rolled a 541 series game. ON MOND,A,Y, March 30th, a party of 25 boys-all tenpin with a 212 high bowlers-left England for Belgium and Holland on the secdnd annual juniortenpin bowling tour of continental centres organised A LATE NEWS flash brings great news for juniors. AMF by th_e Keystone Cops. The boys selected from 1 6 bowls throug h- promotion executive, Bill Campbell tells this magazine that, due out England all have have an average ol at least 145, and are to pressure of work, he is not able to bowl as frequently as hoping to again return as successlul as in 1963 when of the six {ormerly and that - consequently - his game has rather lost its games they played they were only defeated once and that by edge. He is therefore, for the time being, dropping out of the only seven pins! During the seven days they are away, they will AMF Staff of Champions Team, which includes such other play five-five man team matches against both boys and adults at famous names as Bob Palmer, Lee Kates, Paul Lane and Doug Ghent, Antwerp, Breda, Scheveningen, Brussels and Charleroi, Lyons. " What we are now looking for," says Bill, " is an under- and in addition ,will visit the many places of interest in the various 16 junior bowler to bowl with the AMF team during the coming towns where they will stay. The Tour has again been organised B.T.B.A. championships. During the next week or two Doug by the Keystone Cops. Lyons and myself will be Iooking over'possibles.' We will take into account last season's averages! current averages and the THE NEW JUNIOR league at Trans-World Bowl, Basildon is degree of improvement. All such juniors must be league now in Jull swing and some good bowling can be seen by these bowlers, and general deportment will also be a factor in our youngsters on any Saturday morning. The majority of the final selection." iuniors are all newcomers to the game, but the performance they put up suggests some fine things lor the future. The individual high game so far is held jointly by Stephen Edge and Michael Hepple with 'lg3 and the high series for two games by Michael Hepple with 324. PEPSI HOLIDAY WINNERS .A NEW junior league, starting at 5 p,m. on Fridays kicked oft at the Excel Bowl, Reading recently. lt was formed in response to demand from many younger bowlers THE TOP Rank Bowl, Hove, with a total pinfall ol 10,625 were at this centre. High prize junior scorer at this centre during March was K. Dunster with the major winners in the March " Holiday " tournament of 223, followed by R. Kent (205), and K. Bainbridge (204). the Pepsi Cola National Tenpin Bowling Club tournament. This bowl, having the highest total of all the forty centres which entered the competition, wins the star prize R. HOUGHTON, apart from being captain of The Zombies." a 15-day holiday " fortwo in lialy, including a week in Rome and -return passage. winn.ing_ pair in the Regent Junior Tenpin League, at the Regent air Bowl, Great Yarmouth, junior The nine prizes of a week's holiday for two at British Butlin's is also the league's individual Holiday Camps were won by champion, His partner in " The Zombies " is A. Bartram. the following centres : " H.M.S. Ganges," A.B.C. Levenshulme, Ambassador Lanes, lpswich, Top Rank, Leeds, Top Rank, Chester, Top Rank, Warley, Top TOP junior game of the month at the Excel Bowl, Newcasfle, Rank, Coventry, A.B.C. Stirchley, and Top Rank, Old Trafford. was recertly rolled_ by. ten-year-old Philip Clarkson, who put lndividual prjzes were wo1 by D. Cohen (Old Trafford), E. Lilley, '184 down a game, which included a turkey. and D. Bunford (Wylde Green).

28 class o{ twenty girls is given instruction at the Levenshulme bowl, the course eitending over four weeks. Bowl manager Derek Fuller explains the teahnique of bowling and the girls later bowl on the lines. Three classes will take the course, so that the continued from page 28 session will extend over three months.

MILKY WAY THEY'RE AFTER Y()U! players Hampden Bowl the most lN CONJUNCTION with the Milk Marketing Board, a bowling lN THE opinion of at the held recently at the Top Rank Bowl, Chester. important thing to date in bowling is the forthcoming_affray in competition was year's Two male It wis for housewives and the prizes were three trays of dairy Biimingham ioi this B.T.B.A. champio-nships. larqe audience saw which and oni lemale teams have been entered, as foll6ws : (1) Dave oroducts. The demonstrations Dave Murray, Greenhorne and Bill how to make milk shakes, sundaes and many other Waugh, Alec Thomson, Jeff ihowed them (2) Bowie, M-onaghan, dishes. Kirkpatrick ; Tommy Marshall, Jim Jim lan Hobson, Jim Barrie ; and (3) Jean Kirkpatrick, Tilly Campbell. May Allan, May O'Toole and lrene Greenhorne. Latest visitors weie the Czecho-Slovakian team who went to the Bowl THE IRISH WAY on March 6th. Dave Murray gets special mention as the most improved player at this centre. He started rolling last leptember and now has an average of 168 over 48 games. Say Hampden : " As the leading bowling centre in Scotland we will be delighted to accept a challenge at any time from any centre in England"' a lund-raising competition in aid of the Cenacle Convent, Co. Dublin. Thelrophywas designed by-is Charles Saunders, manager of ihe gowt. Meanwhile bowling catching on in the lrish Caoital and at least one five-man team of students from Trinity Coilege is playing regularly at Stillorgan.

24 FOR SAVOY, BLACK

LATE NEWS flash from the Savoy Bowl, Blackpool, isthat the 'Daytime Leagues' and lourteen 'Evening and Moonlight' leaqles have 6een formed. The ' Daytime' leagues produced thehrst 200 game in league play at the centre when,-on the frrst morning's pliy in the " Sunriierl Lgague," Ma.rgaret Bailey rolled a 213 a;d Dor-een Bennett a 204. There are also several popular lunchtime doubles leagues in operation. A recent feature was a visit from several '-pop' stars. A regular at- the bowl is heavyweight Brian Loncion who plays there with hislamily. ou^t for our player, Manag;r'iJnderwood, J. K. S. Webster's tip'experien-ce : " Watch Mickey Following in 9anada and the U.S,A,, he had already rolled a-nuniber of 600's in open play and This is Kirstene Borland, a regular playet regularly rolls scores ol 200 or more." at the Hampden Bowl, and one very good reason why challenges to this centte may shortly be flooding in from English bowls. N() SCRUM HERE ! A 616 FOR JOHNNY THE LEIGH Rugby League team, who are looking for, pro' fiist-divisibn of the Rugby League, lound that motion into the bowlers, Johnny Jones and Lee through bad weather their training on Tuesday night was going RECENTLY two well-known Kates, Trans-World Bowl, Basildon. They rolled an by the- board. Rather than let the team spend their night in the visited , decided that training musttake place. He exhibition match against two members of the Ambassador local the coach Whitenall. Kates had a novel idea and brought them all to the Universal Bowl, Travelling League-John Chinn and Peter Leigh. Don Morris insisted that they all remove their. Rugby and Jones won the match by 1'165-1024. Highlight of the going on the lanes and then the team got down to evening was the wonderful bowling of Johnny Jones who rolled Boots before game some serious-bowling. Now every Tuesday sees the team at a 616 series with a high of 226., building up between More- Charrilocks have iome to the end of their challenge match the Bowl. A close relationship is go oI teams travelling up and down the M.6. season and the Challenge Trophy will to lmco Diamonds cambe and Leigh with Pete Harris scored virtually every day. On Sunday, March €th, a complete league Bristol, who beat them with a 5008 series. season a 170. travelled from Morecambe to play one of the Leigh leagues and the highest of the with an enjoyable day was spent with Morecambe coming out the victors. BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP

! NEWS of the Warwick Bowls Scholarship for the most pro- H()T R()DS mising youngster is without doubt producing startljng results from the newly tormed Junior league. Leading the way, is WHEN 50 members of the West Cheshire Motor Club visited grammar-School boy Robert Fellows, whose Six in a Row {or a the A.B.C. bowl, Levenshulme, recently the bowl there were 222 game betters slightly the first '200 rolled by J. Masters,' but some " hot rod " motors to be seen in the car park. ln the bowl undoubtedly these two are going to have to keep an eye on those novelty signs were displayed " Learners Night," " Accelerate close on their heels, Here {or the Licensed Bar," and- so on. The tournament, organ- New ladies league secretary Marion Lindon obviously felt ised by the motor club, has attracted the interest oJ other motor inspired when she toppled the ladies open house record with a clubs and the Stockport M,C. has booked a tentative date. lt fine 230 game. is hoped to arrange a tenpin bowling competition in which Maurice Herriott too it seems is slightly more than a great various motor clubs in the north will compete against each other. steeplechaser, with his seven strikes in a row, giving him a Tenpin is now part of the physical training curriculum for girls creditably 234 game. at the Hazel Grove secondary modern school. Each week a Please lurn to page 30

29 Tony_lzzard, 1,282;Paul Lane and Bob Palmer, 1,267;Hammond and Meads, 1,261. lMens' Singles-D. Smith, 70i;L, Jackson,698; B. T-ab_erer,689. Men's All events-L, Jaikson, 1,995; p. Fordj '1,930; Continued from page 29 B. Tq!erer, 1,919; Cottedan, 1,897; J. Kirby, 1,896. Ladies' Team Event-Jetabelles, 8,00b ; Hill-niai lmps 2,914. - Ladies' Singles-M. Rudge, 659; A. Myers, 639; p. Bailett,'681. Ladies' ,t,ZZ+ p. COMPETITORS had a most enjoyabte day in the Hull City Doubles-C. Williams and G. foxi Bartleti and Area. B.T.B..A..championships, helh at tne giril Dawg_on, 1,211;D. Hart and V. Spinks, i,190. Ladies' All Bowl, Beveilei Events-Mitzi$. Road. ln the doubles event a scratch 607 series by T6rry Smith Roze, 1,889; M. Rudge,' 1,895; p. Barflett, 1,808. inclu.ded game. ,' 5 persons games-Les Girls, 2,487 Hillman lmps, 2,473. -a.237 The,,Sprites team once'again"pioveA -3 worthy of.their sponsoring by a local motor cycle c-ompdny, by winning the team event with a scratch score-of ZfiAZ.'tid ail events winner (regular.division) was Neville power_1746 (scr. 1514) ; while Betty Rudd was women's all events winner ig6g. Mike Shearsmith was regular division singles winner-682- (scr. 566), the runner-up being Ron Harsley--62S 1scr, SZt;, witi e, Farrah, third - 616 (sct. S-17). ,.Betty Rud9_, showing_consistency, won the women's regular division -544 ; while Terry Smith-and A. A,. Walder won'the regular.doubles event with 12b8, being followed by Brian and Trevor Webster with 1158, and Barney ilifford and T'ony Longte, with 1147. Women's do.ubles winneis were Betty Ruaa - partnered by Wendy Cluderay, with 999. The,, internationals-ig'aii " were runners-up to the " Sprites " in the team event, scoring 2745. At the London Area championships our ON SUNDAY, March 8th the cameraman took these shots showing (left) _ first Glasqow Area B.T.B.A. some of the competitors Championships were held at Hampden Bow-l when there was a during a break very large.entry, of the'impact between games and (right) Vi Spinks and .As _proof bowling has made in Dolly Hart of the ,. Glasgow, hundreds of spectators filled the concoiurse and they ,, Hillman lmps " team. were not.disappointed, some very fine bowling being witnessed'. ln the ladies' section Jean L(irkphtrick cleareii the field winning CHAMPIONSHIPS of the Liverpoot Area of the B.T.B.A. wiil the singles with a score 597, partnered of ihe doubles fV Susii be held at the Top Rank Bowl, Chester on April 11th and 12th. Hassan with a score ol 1145 and as Captain of the Himpden Belles Team became Area Champions with a score of hOgg. Jean's all events score was 1758, dnly 10 pins behind the men. The men's section went to .Ameri6an fiiends from the U.5, Base. R. Johnson of Kirknewton with a score of 646 won-ttre singles, the doubles event went to D, porter and M, Brown oi Prestwick Air Base with a score of 1185. The all events was won ANGLO-AMERICAN DINNER by D. Porter of Prestwick with a splendid ,'Black score of 1768, Th; Team Eventwas won by Hampden,s Spots.' .. " THE.THREE FISHES," a pub in Sunbury on Thames, caught the.bowling. urge when. American airmen tlalked of theii ten[in DAVID achievements at the bar. Eager listener was the landloids WIGDOR won the men's singles event (scr. 6i1, high Peter. Newman, and soon game 22'l) in lpnh.ery, the Americans were teaching the annual tournament of the Southern Area A'sso-c- him to bowl at the bases' lanes in Bushey Park. lt wasn,t lon! iation of the B.T.B.A. He was followed by R. Ward (i62-ZO7), before Peter, .br!mful of confidence after-excellent professional 4.!.riltt (562-252), and lvor Sorokin (bB4-19-9). C. Coulsonin'cj tuition, started the Three ,, u. tslackburn won " Fishes team. And whit a success the men's doubles event with atolal ol 1244, story it hag been. Next step was 1o form the Anglo-American followed by B. Harris and A. Patience -1215. ln the team eveni league. This has now 14 miied British-American teams. winners were the " Bowline Bowlers', (L.A.L.) with 2570, the runners-up Constant American tuition at the league's permanent home being " Top Rank Hove " with 2479. All events at the Airport Bowl has payed off for the-Three'Fishes winner was Rob Snow, player team. ln a at the Top Rank Bowl, Hove, the second year's league programme they have beaten all their wnose Scratch score over nine games was 1718, for an average They were presented of 191. ,o-pponents, with their trophies'at by Colonel Kenoyer w.ho is in charge of the Base Hospital Wesi Ruislip. ln the women's section ,John Davis Championship BIue Riband The Americans gave winner was a slap-up dinner and bance for the Angl6- June ,Jackson was top with (sir, Sgg,i3g), followed American League players and their wives. p1r,-.t9y .tvta$ock (484-182), M. Davey $4d-117), and C. Burche[i (5.19-2!9). The doubles was won by'C. Coopii and J. Thatcher with. 1162, runners-up being D. Holloway and June Jackson The " Canada Dry" team, captained by Joy Maddock, -1145. ,' n won the event 2448, followed by the Verity Miriors with 2002. rJune,Jackson was all events winner, her sciatch score over nine gam.es being 1688 for an average of 187, only four pins behind SPONS()RS the top man. HIP

FORMATION of the "Erro Trophy AllStars," a newly sponsored IT WAS a record breaking session at the annual champion- team, which is to have the backing of Erro Trophie-s, ships-of Ltd., was the B.TBA, Lo_ndon Area at the ABC Bowl at Dagenham announced. early in Mar9h. The combination, raihich comprises from March 6th-8th, Competitors included many famous 6owling Gerly Hamblyn (captain), Paul Anderson, Junior Ellis, Al'Rose, glar.s-David Miel, Paul Lane, Lee Kates, Bill-Campbell, Doll-y Al Sweet, Ray Foster, Kevin O'Connell and Charles Wentworthj Hart, and Mitzi and Jan Roze. has.been playing asthe'AII Stars'in the Major City League, ai The records were broken in both the,.A'knocked men's and the ladies' the London Airport Bowl. team events when the Brunswick Jets up A,069 and The all-over average of the players the is between i67 and 175, Jetabelles 3,005. The runners-up in both were'uniucky to and the team's home centre will be the Airport Bowl. Captairi break the old records without winninj the event. The Debohair Gerry Hamblyn told this magazine The B'.team. pinfalls : " bisic idea behind our ' reached 3,067 and the third place made S,05i formation is the.promotion of happy bowling and good sports- beating.the previous record by 15. The Hillman lmps pla'ced manship round the country. I can certainly second claim-that a'll our in the ladies'team evenf got a pinfall ol 2,914. players have a first class reputation in this res-pect." Results were as follows :-Men''s Division-Team event, , . Erro Trophies, Ltd. already in. production,'will shortly be pro- Brunswicl Jets_'A ', 3,069;Debonair B,' 8,067; pintiiis, g,Otii ducing a brochure which, it is.cliimed, show Sup_ernational i will that iheir bro- Five, 3,031 ; Sunfresh ' A,, 2,971; Debonair A ,i ducts offer_a new concept in bowling prizes, One new feaiure 2,965. is that bowling.trophies cgn be made io'individual requirements ; Mens! Doubles.-D. Smith and B. Turner, 1,840;paul Anderson another that all the firm's products are guaranteed tor twelvi and Rohn, 1,294;Bridge and Brownsea, t,ZSjO;D. Colledan and months, and insured for the same period against all risks.

30 CLASSIFIED ADYERTISEMENTS Per line 5s. Per inch Boxed Display 35s. If a Box Number is required, add ls. SEAHAM URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

SITE FOR BOWTING CENTRE The Council hopes to have a site for a bowling centre available in about twelve months time. The site will be in the central area of the town (population 26,000 approx.) Any company or organisa- tion which might be inter- ested in developing the site is invited to communicate with the undersigned. F. A. ALDERSoII, Clerk of the Council Council Oftices, Seaham, CO. DURHAM.

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32 BRITISH OLYI'IPIC APPEAL FUND-I964 WIN THE BRITISH OLYMPIC ASS0CIATI0N',S ,TRtfi To roKyo' CONTEST Three separate, wonderful prizes of all-expenses-paid trips for two for the the fortnight of the 1964 Olympic Games must be won. Each prize includes return fl ights to Tokyo in B,O,A,C.'s magnificent new V.C, 1 0, first-class hotel accommodation, tickets for a selected CHOOSE EIGHT FROM THESE programme of Olympic Games events and 820 spending money-or A. More professional coaches. you can take a cash prize of 8750, B. More mixed clubs for adults, offering various sports and social activities. ALL YOU DO C. Offices and paid ad ministrative staff for Here are twelve suggestions desig ned to lead to the best possible all sports. performance by the Great Britain team atthe'1968 Olympic Games. D. More medical research into sports Use your skill to select EIGHT suggestions likely to be of the problems. greatest benefit and place them in oi'der of importance. general Print the identity letters of your selections in the appropriate E. More sports facilities for the places public. in the first downward column of the entryform. The other columns are for additional attempts. arrangements made for school H. Better . You may make up to a maximum of 12 attempts on eachentry leavers to join sports clubs. form, and send as many 6fficial entry forms as you like, A donaiion .1. More international sports events. of 3d. to the Olympic Appeal Fund must be sent for every attempt K, More sports activities and facilities in and a donation of 3/- will entitle you to twelve attempts. schools. A panel of iudges will award the prizes to the senders of the three entries they consider best. ln the event of ties, an eliminating N. More f unds available to pay lesitimate- of iornpetitoo contestwill be held. A copy of the full rules may be obtained by "rpun."i R. Grants to ensure oeu",-,s" of existins '"?xI3,Xi;1i;,t3,l,il',"?'""iTiff:S:Jx.t"#iiliuno",prov"". sports facilities' of the B.o.-A.,'their agents- and l.c.T Ltd,-and theirfamiiies, are S. More commercial sponsorship of sport. not eligible to enter. T. More Government financial aid for sport, All winners urill be notified by post. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES_27th .JUNE, 1964. CUT HERE

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